Tapestries of Hope by Marjorie Agosín (Agosin) (.ePUB)
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Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love by Marjorie Agosín (Agosin)
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Overview: Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love tells the story of ordinary women living in terror and extreme poverty under General Pinochet’s oppressive rule in Chile (1973 1989). These women defied the military dictatorship by embroidering their sorrow on scraps of cloth, using needles and thread as one of the boldest means of popular protest and resistance in Latin America. The arpilleras they made patchwork tapestries with scenes of everyday life and memorials to their disappeared relatives were smuggled out of Chile and brought to the world the story of their fruitless searches in jails, morgues, government offices, and the tribunals of law for their husbands, brothers, and sons. Marjorie Agosin, herself a native of and exile from Chile, has spent more than thirty years interviewing the arpilleristas and following their work.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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